Yaiza closes the Cheese and Goat Fair with a good taste in its mouth

Who better than the exhibitors and the public to take stock of the return of the Lanzarote Cheese and Goat Fair, which brought together between this Saturday and Sunday thousands of residents and tourists who were seduced by the enogastronomic offer provided by cheese dairies, restaurants, and wineries on the island.

The event took place in the Plaza de la Alameda in Yaiza, which was also highly rated for its location and spaciousness, thus rounding off a notable performance for this event organized by the Yaiza City Council with the collaboration of the Economic Promotion Area of the Cabildo de Lanzarote and the support of the Association of Artisan Cheese Dairies of Lanzarote (Aqual).

The mayor of Yaiza, Óscar Noda, states that "the high participation demonstrates the value our people place on the work of the primary sector and the quality of local produce." Sunday was as spectacular as Saturday. On May 30th, the public paired a thousand and one flavors with lots of Canarian music, while Sunday's program alternated popular music from the Islands and the Caribbean with the power of rock in Spanish. The groups Malpeis and Sin Cobertura and the rock bands Delorean and Los Lola livened up the party.

Many attendees from Saturday repeated on Sunday and many others joined on the second day of this long-standing event. The show cooking on Sunday was led by Germán Blanco, from the restaurant Brisa Marina, preparing a goat meat compound, and Yeray Gil, from the restaurant Primario, who shared his recipe for chickpeas with goat meat.

Cooking is an art, and oral storytelling is an art that finds inspiration in cooking. The Lanzarote Cheese and Goat Fair offered the 'Tell Me a Cheese' session with storyteller Isabel Cabrera, so it's possible that there weren't enough hours to taste more local products and enjoy more artistic expressions. The feeling of not wanting the event to end is a good thermometer to measure the level of visitor satisfaction.

For Quesería Rubicón, "these types of events are important because they promote local produce, so they are very beneficial for us to promote the variety of our cheeses and give visibility to all the work behind them. I encourage the people of Lanzarote to consume local produce because, in addition to its quality, it represents the continuity of our traditions," points out Dalia Reyes.

The Yaiza City Council thanks the commitment of the forty exhibitors who were day and night at the Cheese and Goat Fair, the work of the organization team, and the preventive security and emergency services.